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What Work Leicestershire
CONSTRUCTION
The construction industry is set to grow significantly over the next five years and
can offer amazing career opportunities to develop and travel! Increased demand will
come from the need for more private housing, environmentally friendly construction,
commercial buildings and infrastructure, spurred by population growth, increased
economic activity, and meeting new regulations. There are over 180 different roles,
not just those on a building site! Environmental targets mean exciting new areas to
work in such as as energy efficient intelligent buildings, plus other innovative areas in
modular and off site construction, 3D design and predictive software.
What is happening?
Skills & qualities
• Employing 20,525 people locally, the sector has
4,000 construction employers here; most of these
are ‘micro’ businesses.
• Skills needed include civil engineers, architects,
3D technicians, crane operators, wood trade and
interior fit-out, painters and decorators, electricians
and bricklayers. All areas will need managers, IT and
office-based staff.
• Large infrastructure projects include the Leicester
Waterside (land near to the River Soar in the
city). There is also planned expansion at many
sites including Magna Park, the MIRA Enterprise
Zone (Hinckley) and the East Midlands Gateway
development (strategic rail freight interchange) near
East Midlands Airport.
• Boroughs and districts across the area have localised
housing developments, creating thousands of new
homes over the next 20-30 years.
What could you earn?
Carpenter/joiner £28K-£32K
Architect £35K-£50K
Project manager £26K-£60K
Painter and decorator £15K-£30K
Electrical trades £25K-£60K
Civil engineer £20K-£60K
In demand...
• For the High-Speed 2 rail link, opportunities will be
created on phase two (from Leeds to Birmingham);
there will be an East Midlands Hub above
Leicestershire.
• 14% of the workforce is female and it’s growing.
Local employers include
• Bloor Homes
• Westleigh • Davidsons
Developments
• William Davis • Wates
• Barratt Developments • Jelson Holdings
• Wilson Bowden
• Galliford Try
• JH Hallam
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• RTS Contracts
• East Midlands
Housing Group
• C3 Construction
On the web
www.bconstructive.co.uk
www.the-nhtg.org.uk
www.goconstruct.org.uk
www.architecture.com
www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship
Pay detail kindly supplied by CITB: www.CITB.co.uk